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06-28-2017, 02:53 PM | #1 |
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New battery, worse handling
So, stock battery wouldn't crank today, got a jump and ran to autozone and put in a Duralast Platinum 35-AGM and now the car's handling is terrible! Left turns are wide and right turns sink like a stone. I think it was a 13lb increase in weight and I can definitely feel it.
What do I do now. I just dropped a lot of money on this battery. What battery should I have gone with?? update: I swapped it for a 26R-DL at autozone. It weighs about 28lbs. Last edited by radroach; 06-28-2017 at 10:20 PM. |
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I cannot imagine that your handling got terrible just with a battery swap. How much heavier is the new one? The stock one is around 26lbs.
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Something is wonky. I feel zero difference in a turn with a 200 pound passenger so a slightly heavier battery isn't going to do that to you.
Try disconnecting and reconnecting it. Maybe something messed up with the electric steering (doesn't make sense but worth a shot). Edit: Disconnecting the battery not the steering.
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Sure you didn't bump into anything and throw your alignment off? Sounds strange, but this is also the lightest platform I have been in, so it might.
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Sounds like the poles have been reversed, the symptoms are obvious. Going round left hand corners it is repelling whilst right hand it attracts. It has been magnetised, I suggest you rub the roof a few times then touch a balloon. I suggest you invest in a decent rubber strap that you dangle from your rear diffuser.
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I will almost guarenfuckingtee that short of adding or subtracting hundreds of pounds from the car, there is just about 0 chance that you would feel the difference of 20-30 lbs on the street or track.
If that were the case you'd complain every time you put a full tank in. Something else is up.
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Eat a bunch of junk food and become 13lbs fatter to balance out the added weight of the battery
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It's been 3 years, and everytime I read one of your posts or see your name, i imagine that you are in fact rob flanders himself.
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